Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-09-16
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NAny Csnnplaints Froa Northwsstsrn
Business Mon rlassA Before Il q
minneapolis. .sE z;'f. "a:
MINNEAPOLIS, sspt. Il. Tho interstate
commerce commission continued to take
evidence in the charges brought against
the Milwaukee road by the boards Of
trade Of Harrington, Northneld, Owa-
tonna and Faribault, {. /. s. -.. Al.
A. D. Keys, Of Fartbault, appeared
for the union. He said there were five
points at issue, which are substantially
summed up in the charges Of unjust, un-
reasonable and discriminating rates made
by the Milwaukee from the union towns.
The hub of the trouble was that on the
river division the rate is X cents, while
on adjacent divisions it is Is cents, and
the question to be determined by the
commission was whether the different
divisions wore the same line in the mean
ing of the statute. .t4
F., A. Bean, proprietor of the Polar
Star mill at Faribault, was next sworn.
Hs says what a miller wants on the
I. g. M. division now is q rate out Of
Minneapolis which will DO fair as COM
pared with a similar rate out of Mime
| aoolis Oh the river division. The tran
SIT system was only applied to Chicago;
/: it was 50 extended that Faribault mil
lers could ship out their transit to Iowa
points instead Of Chicago, they could use
oil their transit.
O. E. Britt, consulting freight agent of
| the milwaukee, submitted an array of
figures bearing on the rates from the
complaining points. He said the freight
traffic Of the road for 1885 Melted about
$17, GOO, 900 and the cost about }1O,-
GOO, 600, leaving surplus OF &, 000, 900.
The average cost from Faribault to Chi.
cago was mills per ton per mils, and,
he said, if the entire business Of the Mil
waukee system were conducted On this
same basis, 1t would return, on its
capital, the princely sum Of $50, 900.
DIsCRlMIEATEs AGAINST REGULAR FAssES-
| GERS.
! The commission tnak I'M the caaa nf W
| .-,-:-. IS. the ourEncrn f.szEc sou.
way company. in which 1t is charged the
company discriminates against regular
passengers in issuing tickets to emtgrant
and land surveyors at largely reduced
rates.
| Maj. Postlethwait, general land agent OF
the company; explained the system of
land sales. The lan1 was all appraised
and brought g to o per acre, depending
on. its character and location On all
lines east OF the Missouri the
company accepted preferred stock
in the road at its face value and
as the market value was So cents,
These rates Maj. Postlethwaite ex.
planned were only made to those who
went out to view the lands. II the pros.
pective settler took his family out, an.
other special rate was made. It wna
claimed no discrimination was made, al
this rate WAS made to all actual settlers.
Northwestern johbers presented re-
monstrances against the abolition of car.
load rates, after which the Iowa railway
commissioners, who were present,
were invited to speak, and
Commissioners Peter A. Dye and L. $
Coffin, awaited themselves Of the oppor-
tunity, and spoke for over an hour. They
sustained the position Of the johbers EN-.
phatically, and added some strong argu-
nents, besides furnishing some valuable
information which they were unable tc
give as the result of their observations.
When they concluded, Judge Cooley
announced that the last meeting of the
commission in Minneapolis was at close
and that another meeting would be helt
in St. Paul Friday, after which the oon
mission will go east.